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3 new foreign mystery novels that are worth your travel time
Craving a foreign excursion? Try the next best thing – one of these mystery novels set in far-away lands.
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25 books set to be adapted into movies in 2013
Read these books before they hit the big screen!
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10 coolest cars you've never heard of
These 10 cars are so rare you won't see them on any lot. Click through for a list of 10 cars you've probably never heard of.
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Where gas prices are highest
Gasoline is a very visible price, and closely watched by many drivers. Petroleum prices impact many products, from food to industrial production. While the cost of crude is the major factor in gasoline price volatility, some countries levy taxes on fossil fuels. Here are ten countries where high gas prices are the norm, according to British insurance firm Staveley Head.
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Gay marriage laws around the globe
There is no national gay marriage legislation in the pipeline in the US, however, numerous countries around the globe already recognize same-sex marriage or the right to civil unions. Here’s the breakdown by region.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers write about what qualifies a person for citizenship in a country, underemployed white-collar workers, and using nuclear waste as a source of energy.
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Rustic and refined ratatouille
This humble peasant dish is so rich and flavorful, it could almost pass for dessert.
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Europe pushed to produce its own rescue plans
Three major lenders were rescued on Monday as the global credit crisis spread.
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Surprise: Old-growth forests soak up CO2
Woodlands in developed world also absorb CO2. What will impact be on global climate talks?
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Are towns really safer without traffic lights?
One German community removes lights and signs in a daring experiment and sees accident rates decline.
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Report: US bottled water market slowing
After years of steady growth, the US market for bottled water appears to be cooling off, the Worldwatch Institute reported Monday.
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Wood, wheels, workhorse: the chikudu story
In Congo, wooden scooters are mainstays of the local economy, expressions of self-reliance, and, sometimes, the stuff of apprenticeships, too.
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Best tomato varieties in Masschusetts
Winners of the 2008 Massachusetts State Tomato Contest
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Save the climate: Eat a kangaroo
If Australians were to give up farming sheep and cows for meat and eat kangaroos instead, the country would significantly reduce its greenhouse gases, a new study has found.
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France rejects Rwanda's genocide accusations
Rwandan investigators issued a report Wednesday that implicates French soldiers – and top French officials – in the 1994 genocide.
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Chinese snatch up Olympics tickets
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CD REVIEWS: Bon Iver, Coldplay, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, and Shearwater
A debut album written from heartbreak, a Brian-Eno assisted attempt at reinvention, strikingly catchy Southern rock, and more.
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State of the Net
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"Space roo" helps climate change experiment
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A Protestant town's 'conspiracy of good' in Vichy France
As the French education ministry revisits Holocaust curricula this month, advocates say Chambon-sur-Lignon's story would be 'revolutionary' for schoolchildren.
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Palestinian festival of dance – and debate
The third annual Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival showcases the growing cultural split between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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E.U. weighs Olympic boycott over Tibet
The European Union meets Friday to discuss ties to China after the unrest in Tibet.
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Opinion: Is democracy a natural state of mankind?
Maybe Alexander Hamilton, not Thomas Jefferson, was right after all.
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